The customs and daily life of the small village of Oaxaca, Mexico, are shown through the eyes of a six-year-old Zapotec Indian boy.
Americas
Materials from the Americas
The Moon Was At A Fiesta
Jealous of the sun, the moon decides to create her own fiesta and celebrates a bit too much.
Babar’s World Tour
Babar and his family take a trip around the world.
The Flying Canoe
Working with the lumberjacks in Ottawa, eleven-year-old Baptiste begins to feel homesick for his life backin the Quebec region of Canada and so magically creates a special canoe that sends him sailing through the night sky.
The Maestro
Fleeing from his brutal father, fourteen-year-old Burl arrives at the remote cabin of an eccentric genius who in just one day changes the young man’s life forever.
Pig In The Middle
A mischievous dancing pig is responsible for everything–including Grandpa!–that disappears at Grandma’s house. A girl helps her forgetful grandparents solve the mystery as they learn to accept their befuddled state.
The Root Cellar
Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt’s root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier.
Colibri
Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember.
The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920
Presents a history of the struggle for political control in Mexico during the years 1910-1920, including biographical sketches of key personalities.
Let’s Go Traveling In Mexico
Describes a trip through Mexico guided by Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, and celebrating each season of the year.